Chapter 679 - 679 Survive
679 Survive
Bai Xu choked. She did not understand why someone she had only met for a few days would use his life to save her. She was clearly not good to him at all.
Why didn’t he run? Why did he save her?
Hu Changshou had saved her, but her beloved Grandma had abandoned her and even sacrificed her life.
Bai Xu felt terrible. She could not tell if it was hatred or resentment.
She looked at the sky for a long time. Night had fallen and the stars were shining.
Bai Xu moved her body and crawled to the snake’s corpse with difficulty. She grabbed the dagger and began to cut open the snake’s corpse.
Grandma wanted to eat the snake gallbladder at all costs. It should be good stuff.
She had barely survived. She wanted to live.
When she found the snake gallbladder, it was as big as two eggs. Bai Xu endured her disgust and swallowed it raw like Bai Liu.
The taste was not good, and it was uncomfortable. However, not long after the snake gallbladder entered her stomach, she gradually felt a strong force.
The injuries in her body had been repaired by this strange power. She could feel all the injuries healing, driving away all the pain and exhaustion.
The wounds on her arms and legs were healing at a visible speed. Bai Xu looked at this scene in surprise. In an instant, she understood that Grandma had always wanted to eat the organs of these beasts because they contained huge power.
The stronger the demonic beast, the stronger its power.
Snake gallbladders were famous for their medicinal value, so it was definitely not wrong to take their guts.
After a while, Bai Xu stood up and slowly walked to Hu Changshou’s side. She saw that his stomach was as big as a drum, as if it was bigger than the stomach of a woman who was about to give birth. Bai Xu pondered for a moment and she recalled that whenever Grandma saw pregnant women, she would always spit on them and curse softly, “Shameless.”
Bai Xu’s thoughts surged, and her gaze turned into disgust. She was about to leave, but after taking a few steps, she stopped.
Was Hu Changshou dead?
Bai Xu returned. She walked to Hu Changshou’s side and squatted down. She first tested Hu Changshou’s pulse. It was hard to imagine that Hu Changshou was still alive.
Bai Xu’s eyes darkened and she muttered to herself, “You saved my life, so I should return it to you. This way, I won’t owe you anything, but if you swallow that poison, I can’t detoxify it either. Whether you live or die depends on your luck.”
After saying that, Bai Xu stood up. She made a simple cart and dragged Hu Changshou up. Then, she pulled him to the cart.
Looking at the two snakes, Bai Xu frowned. In the end, she walked over and took some snake meat away.
She didn’t want to lose the snake skin, but she gave up because she couldn’t handle it. Grandma had never wanted these things in the past. Grandma always said that she didn’t want useless things.
After leaving that place, Bai Xu found a safe cave and settled Hu Changshou in. She fed the antidote to Hu Changshou and ignored him.
She had experienced too much today and it had dealt her a heavy blow. She had never thought that her Grandma, whom she had always relied on, would abandon her.
Her heart seemed to be empty, and she didn’t know what to do.
The foreign land was strangely quiet at night, and Bai Xu could not sleep the entire night.
At dawn the next day, she came back to her senses. She glanced at Hu Changshou and tested his pulse.
Hu Changshou was still alive. His stomach seemed to have become smaller.
Bai Xu tried to call him. “Hu Changshou, wake up.”
Bai Xu nudged Hu Changshou, but Hu Changshou showed no signs of waking up.
Bai Xu pressed Hu Changshou’s stomach. It was hard.
Bai Xu placed the snake meat into the cloth bag and crushed it into minced meat. She fed Hu Changshou some and ensured that he swallowed it. Then, she ignored him.
She would continue to go on her way.
She thought that Hu Changshou would die. After all, his stomach was very hard. That was definitely something ordinary people could not achieve. However, he was still alive when she tested Hu Changshou’s pulse every day.
She would feed Hu Changshou something to eat every day. Not much.
Hu Changshou’s stomach was also getting smaller by the day.
After a month, he returned to normal.
One day, he woke up.
Bai Xu was hammering the minced meat. Hu Changshou looked at her back and said hoarsely, “Miss Bai Xu.”
Bai Xu was stunned. Then, she turned around and stood up. She sized Hu Changshou up. “You’re awake.”
Hu Changshou nodded. “But I can’t move my limbs yet.”
He had only woken up, but his body was still as stiff as a rock.
Bai Xu walked over and pressed Hu Changshou’s stomach. It was soft. She pinched his arm. It was also soft. She frowned. “You lied to me!”
As she spoke, Bai Xu angrily pulled Hu Changshou up. However, Hu Changshou’s head tilted to the side and he did not have any strength to react.
Hu Changshou smiled helplessly at Bai Xu and said, “Miss Bai Xu, I’m not lying to you.”
Bai Xu let go and Hu Changshou slammed back into the cart.
Because Bai Xu was too rough, Hu Changshou could not lie back down properly. He smashed into the cart and fell uncontrollably to the ground in a twisted position.
Bai Xu looked at him for a while before she dragged him back to the cart. She said coldly, “You saved my life. I’ll return the favor. Now that you’re awake, we don’t owe each other anything.”
“Yes, thank you, Miss Bai Xu.”
Hu Changshou could not deny it.
Bai Xu looked at him and said, “If I leave now, you’ll definitely die like this. I’ll give you another half a month. If you’re still like this after half a month, I won’t bring you along. I can’t bring a burden along.”
When she mentioned burdens, Bai Xu’s eyes moved, but in a moment, that abnormality disappeared.
“Okay, thank you.”
Hu Changshou nodded. He felt that Bai Xu was a little different.
He knew that it was because of her Grandma who had abandoned her and dealt her a blow. He did not know why she saved him, but he was very grateful to be alive now.
He was actually not familiar with Bai Xu. It was already a miracle that Bai Xu did not abandon him.
If he could not recover like this, Bai Xu would not be able to keep bringing him along. Anyway, he was unwilling to go back like this. He would treat it as a stolen lifetime. If he could not leave, he would rather sleep here forever.
Hu Changshou did not ask Bai Xu to do anything for him.
He would eat whatever Bai Xu gave him. If Bai Xu did not feed him, he would not eat. It was the same for the next few days. Hu Changshou did not ask for anything. They would not speak much to each other all day long.
Sometimes, Bai Xu would kill some beasts and take their hearts. After she finished eating, she would take some meat and grind it into minced meat for Hu Changshou.
When she was free, Bai Xu was in a daze.
During this period of time, she had completely lost the clean appearance of a young lady. Many of the bloodstains on her face were dry and congealed, her hair was messy, and her clothes were a little tattered. Many of the bloodstains had already been stained black.
Thirteen days had passed, but Hu Changshou showed no signs of improvement.
One night, it was raining. Hu Changshou saw that Bai Xu had been sitting outside for a long time and could not help but say, “Miss Bai Xu, take shelter from the rain. You’ll catch a cold if you get drenched too much.”